# TRUE BLOOD 3.08: Night On the Sun (with open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676 "2010-08-09T04:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/41 "2010-08-10T19:33:51Z")
A gross question but I’ll post it in a spoiler box: Vamp tears are blood and as mentioned above they bleed from other orifices and they even sweat blood. So- Do they ejaculate blood? I’ve wondered if this is dealt with in the books. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/42 "2010-08-10T19:36:40Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A gross question but I’ll post it in a spoiler box: > > Vamp tears are blood and as mentioned above they bleed from other orifices and they even sweat blood. So- > > Do they ejaculate blood? > > I’ve wondered if this is dealt with in the books. I hadn’t thought of that. :eek: Also, what happens when a pregnant human get’s turned to a vampire? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/43 "2010-08-10T19:37:26Z")
So what’s up with the people from Hot Shot? Are they supernatural of just inbred and freaky? Sam and his brother could smell something weird about them. They recognized Sam as a shifter. Book spoilers are fine if there are any. ETA: Did Jessica kick some ass or what? She it becoming one fine vampire. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/44 "2010-08-10T19:57:15Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > There could be some other reasons. Jason may not have been in a situation where he needed to summon the shiny hand thing and he might not be smart enough to read other peoples minds or resist the bug eyed Maryann. Also, it might not hit every member of a family. Didn’t Sookie say that someone else in her family was a telepath? Her grandpa maybe? Or her great grandma? > > Book spoilers explaining why Sookie is different from Jason. > > Jason and Sookie share the grandma but Sookie’s grandpa was a faerie, while Jason’s grandpa was his grandma’s husband. > > It’s been a while though, so I might not be remembering it right. No, you’re not remembering correctly. In the books Gran’s husband is sterile, which is why she hooked up with the half-fairy to have Sookie’s dad and Aunt Linda. She felt guilty about it, but both she and her husband really wanted kids, so… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/45 "2010-08-10T20:01:49Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > So what’s up with the people from Hot Shot? Are they supernatural of just inbred and freaky? > > Sam and his brother could smell something weird about them. They recognized Sam as a shifter. Book spoilers are fine if there are any. This has been answered in other threads, but the book spoiler is that Hot Shot is a town of (literally inbred) were-panthers. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/46 "2010-08-10T20:02:04Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Book spoilers explaining why Sookie is different from Jason. > > Jason and Sookie share the grandma but Sookie’s grandpa was a faerie, while Jason’s grandpa was his grandma’s husband. > > It’s been a while though, so I might not be remembering it right. Also, this doesn’t seem possible. How can they be siblings but have different paternal grandfathers? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/47 "2010-08-10T20:05:00Z")
I guess they’d be half-brother and half-sister but Elfkin said I’m not remembering correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/48 "2010-08-10T22:27:24Z")
Curious: Is it just me or is Bill a lot less annoying this season? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/49 "2010-08-10T23:22:13Z")
/Bill _ **SOOKIE!** _ ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/50 "2010-08-10T23:28:28Z")
> [@Crystal\_Methodist](#): > > The title of the episode is from a song by Modest Mouse. When Jason pays a visit to Crystal’s fiancee, a blues-grass version of the song can be heard on the radio. Love that band and loving this season of TB so far. 🙂 Your username has also made me realize that the character Crystal comes from a family of… meth heads. Ho ho. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/51 "2010-08-10T23:34:03Z")
A\*ll I ever knew how to do was to cook. Oh, my sister works in a restaurant. Not food, meth!\* Crystal Heisenberg! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/52 "2010-08-10T23:45:53Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So, does Holly look way different than what other people were picturing too? I thought she was supposed to be dark-haired and pretty, and Sookie’s age. But I suppose I could be thinking of the other waitress. Maybe it was the way she was filmed, but I thought Holly was scary-looking. Is she supposed to be scary-looking? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/53 "2010-08-11T00:05:57Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Maybe it was the way she was filmed, but I thought Holly was scary-looking. Is she supposed to be scary-looking? She did look really freaky. It seemed like there was something up with her. Can shifters shift into different looking people? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/54 "2010-08-11T00:24:43Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] She did look really freaky. It seemed like there was something up with her. Can shifters shift into different looking people? [/QUOTE] It’s never really said in the series. I’ve only read the first couple of books so no idea if it’s in there. Surely if he can turn into a fly (which, incidentally, was my biggest ‘holding on so hard to suspend my disbelief I feel my bones breaking’) or a dog then a person would be a cakewalk. While he does have to get naked when he shifts, it’s also never explained what happens to the extra 150 pounds or so when he turns into a dog. I loved his mother’s “this idn’t gone get us very far” ‘appreciation’ of the money he gave her and was glad he told her “I don’t give a fuck”, though I’m guessing he hasn’t seen the last of them. And how horrifying is the notion of opening a door to see your ‘way past her sale date and it’s all been a hard ride’ mom naked on your porch? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/55 "2010-08-11T00:33:50Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > While he does have to get naked when he shifts, it’s also never explained what happens to the extra 150 pounds or so when he turns into a dog. I thought he was just getting naked because it would be a lot harder to get his clothes off when he’s a dog, or a fly. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/56 "2010-08-11T00:35:26Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@AuntiePam](#): > > > > Maybe it was the way she was filmed, but I thought Holly was scary-looking. Is she supposed to be scary-looking? > > She did look really freaky. It seemed like there was something up with her. Can shifters shift into different looking people? In the books Holly isn’t a shifter. In the books, she’s a witch. In the books she’s supposed to be about Sookie’s age and pretty cute so it _definitely_ looks like they are going in a different direction as far as age goes. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/57 "2010-08-11T01:29:31Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > > [@hajario](#): > > > > She did look really freaky. It seemed like there was something up with her. Can shifters shift into different looking people? > > In the books Holly isn’t a shifter. > > In the books, she’s a witch. Yeah, but She’s pretty much an ordinary human wiccan type of witch, isn’t she? Not the _other_ kind of witch. Or either other kind, actually, since the books have good, bad, and wiccan. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/58 "2010-08-11T02:36:16Z")
By the way, the single most perfect thing this season was early on when Sookie did her impression of Bill saying Sookie. If you don’t remember it, you couldn’t have seen it, because it was priceless. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/59 "2010-08-11T02:44:04Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > By the way, the single most perfect thing this season was early on when Sookie did her impression of Bill saying Sookie. If you don’t remember it, you couldn’t have seen it, because it was priceless. I have to agree. It was the inspiration of my [last reply](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12787686&postcount=49). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676/60 "2010-08-11T02:45:35Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > By the way, the single most perfect thing this season was early on when Sookie did her impression of Bill saying Sookie. If you don’t remember it, you couldn’t have seen it, because it was priceless. Jessica did a pretty good job of it last year too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-3-08-night-on-the-sun-with-open-spoilers/549676.md?page=4)